WESTFIELD – Three weeks into its soft opening, Grand Park has had 31,000 visits, 95 percent of which were out-of-towners.

Erin Verplank, the city’s communications director, said while those figures are based on the number of times people entered the park and includes people who may have left and come back, the turnout still has been “amazing.”

The $45 million, 400-acre sports campus is expected to open officially in June once construction is completed. But it has hosted several soccer and baseball tournaments — including this weekend. It also is set to host more tournaments and games in the months leading up to and following its official opening.

The sports complex is hosting Bullpen Tournaments’s “First Pitch Weekend” tournament, an event involving 35 teams from five different age groups, through Sunday and hosted the Midwest Baseball Classic featuring high school teams from four states on Friday and Saturday. Two soccer tournaments this weekend are expected to bring in 1,850 participants and 2,700 spectators.

Verplank said despite construction setbacks due to a harsh winter — only seven of the 31 multi-sport fields and one of the 26 baseball and softball artificial turf diamonds are open for use — the complex hasn’t had to cancel a game yet.

In fact, one game — a collegiate game between Notre Dame University and Virginia Tech — was relocated to Grand Park because of field concerns at a ballpark in Gary, where the game originally was scheduled to take place.

Verplank said the feedback has been good. “Teams are loving the fields,” she said, especially the indoor restrooms and a concession stand — one of seven planned for the sports complex.

And between games, families enjoyed nearby amenities, including local businesses.

Thomas McLean, the community relations manager for Barnes & Noble’s Carmel-Westfield store, said the customer traffic through their cafe was two to three times more than on non-tournament weekends. .

He said he thinks people wanted the opportunity to be in a place with lots of books and comfy chairs while they were sitting around waiting for the next game to start. And he said it was good for the store as well, especially drawing in customers from all across the state, region and country.

“That’s great for us,” McLean said. “We love that.”

Ken Kingshill, the executive director of the Downtown Westfield Association, said the hope is that downtown will be another amenity for visitors in addition to serving residents.

He said the plan is to build downtown up over the coming years to offer something that is different from the national franchises but still close.

Verplank said the city doesn’t have revenue estimates at this time but should be able to determine figures by the end of the month. The sports campus, bound by Ind. 32 on the south, 196th Street to the north, Spring Mill Road on the west and U.S. 31 to the east, is expected to have a 5-year economic impact to the city of $1.04 billion.

Grand Park by the numbers:• The sports campus had 31,000 visits over the first two weekends of its soft opening• Of the visitors, 95 percent were from out of town• Forty percent of visitors stayed in nearby hotels• The complex is expected to draw in 1.5 million visits each year, with 73 percent non-local